Safe Maternity and Pediatrics Nursing Care Test 3 latest Update Graded A+
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Safe Maternity and Pediatrics Nursing Care
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Safe Maternity And Pediatrics Nursing Care
Safe Maternity and
Pediatrics Nursing Care
Test 3 latest Update
Graded A+
Oxytocin (chapter 8 terms) - ANSWER-pituitary hormone
that is secreted into the bloodstream and stimulates the
uterine muscle
Prostaglandins - ANSWER-Are hormonelike substances
with a variety of effects on tissu...
Safe Maternity and
Pediatrics Nursing Care
Test 3 latest Update
Graded A+
Oxytocin (chapter 8 terms) - ANSWER-pituitary hormone
that is secreted into the bloodstream and stimulates the
uterine muscle
Prostaglandins - ANSWER-Are hormonelike substances
with a variety of effects on tissues, including contractions
and relaxation of smooth muscles
Estriol - ANSWER-Is one of three types of estrogens that
occur naturally in the body
, Lightening - ANSWER-Is usually noticed by the mother
after the 38th week of pregnancy as the fetus descends or
drops into the pelvis
Braxton Hicks contractions - ANSWER-Are irregular, mild
contractions that occur in that pregnancy and do not
produce cervical effacement and dilation
Effacement - ANSWER-Is the cervix-thinning process that
may begins toward end of pregnancy
Dilation - ANSWER-Is the opening of the closed cervix to
approximately 10cm or larger enough to accommodate the
fetal head
Signs of labor - ANSWER-Bloody show-mucus plug, burst
of energy-nesting, rupture of membranes (ROM)-water
break/look at color, contractions-
7p's of labor - ANSWER-Passage, Passenger, Powers,
Position, Psyche, Pain management and Patience
The inlet - ANSWER-This area consists of the area from
the symphysis pubis(the anterior), the sacral promontory
and the lines terminalis
The midpelvis - ANSWER-This area is the narrowest part
of the pelvis that that fetus must pass through during
childbirth
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